Safe and Sound is a music and arts for mental health and wellbeing project. We work in collaboration with NHS healthcare professionals and the private healthcare sector. We deliver carefully facilitated sessions in specialist mental health hospital wards, supported accommodation and community based mental health support programmes.

Safe and Sound community outreach programmes utilise creative activities to support people who are receiving community based mental health support from the NHS and private sector. We also work with people who are living in temporary accommodation that have substance misuse challenges.

Our facilitators have many years of experience supporting people in these settings. Prior to delivering programmes for Lifesize they have also worked in these settings for arts for wellbeing organisations in the South East of England such as Rhythmix

Popular creative activities for wellbeing have included original music composition and recording. Mural painting, and film making.

Composed by residents at Amberstone, a mental health rehabilitation hospital in East Sussex, UK. This track was the product of a 10 week recording project facilitated by Lifesize CIC and attended by patients at the hospital. Instruments: Flutes, Tongue drum, Drum machine patch, Casio keyboard, Acoustic guitar, Singing bowl, Finger cymbals, Thunder maker, Percussion

We work with in partnership with the NHS to deliver co-produced programmes for young people through the Discovery College which includes supporting young people with lived experience of mental health challenges to become course peer mentors and learn new workplace skills.

'The Lifesize Music group offers individuals a creative and accessible way of expressing their feelings and processing their experiences.’

NHS Occupational therapist

‘Participating in music group helps to minimise the trauma and disruption often associated with hospitalisation and can have a positive impact improving motivation and social inclusion.'

NHS Occupational therapist 

'Attending the group helps to normalise me and I can share a connection with other members'.

Group participant

'Lifesize music continues to be a huge resource to our clients' path to recovery’

NHS Occupational Therapist